Themes: Time Travel, Robots and Androids, Knights and Ladies
Main Cast: Dennis Dugan, Kenneth More, Jim Dale, Ron Moody, John Le Mesurier
Release Year: 1979
Country: UK
Run Time: 92 minutes
MPAA Rating: G
Plot
We prefer the original release title of Disney's A Spaceman in King Arthur's Court: Unidentified Flying Oddball. In this new twist on an old Mark Twain yarn, NASA scientist Dennis Dugan and his robot clone are whisked back in time to the days of King Arthur (Kenneth More). After performing several acts of "sorcery" with the state-of-the-art paraphernalia at his disposal, Dugan incurs the wrath of in-house magician Merlin (Ron Moody). Jim Dale costars as the most hyperkinetic Sir Mordred that you're ever likely too see. Previous versions of Twain's Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court were filmed in 1921, 1931 and 1948; Spaceman in King Arthur's Court would be followed by an early-1990s TV adaptation of Connecticut Yankee starring The Cosby Show's Keshia Knight Pulliam, and by Disney's 1995 theatrical feature, A Kid in King Arthur's Court. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Rodney Bewes - Clarence; Sheila White - Alisande; Robert Beatty - Sen. Milburn; Cyril Shaps - Dr. Zimmerman; Kevin Brennan - Winston; Ewen Solon - Watkins; Pat Roach - Oaf; Reg Lye - Prisoner
Credit
Albert Witherick - Art Director, Ron Goodwin - Conductor, Phyllis Dalton - Costume Designer, Russ Mayberry - Director, Peter Boita - Editor, Ron Goodwin - Composer (Music Score), Paul Beeson - Cinematographer, Ron Miller - Producer, Ron Ballanger - Special Effects, Cliff Culley - Special Effects, Mike Collins - Special Effects, Don Tait - Screenwriter, Mark Twain - Short Story Author
